LOI Talk, Rumours, Gossip, Transfers etc 2018

Zico !

Turners cross looks well all be it a few cars parked by the corner flag old stamford bridge style

OldMrBrennan83

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justshane

Cork are a good solid team, but Jes I think they play the most unwatchable football in the premier division.

AGC

Brian Kerr can make any match watchable

farna_boy

AGC wrote: »

Brian Kerr can make any match watchable

Can't stand listening to him in City vs Dundalk games (as a City fan). If Dundalk do something well he praises them. If City do something well, it was due to Dundalk doing something wrong. It's not so bad in City vs anyone else, but these matches bring out the worst in him.

It's bad enough watching the muck we are serving up tonight without listening to that as well.

AGC

farna_boy wrote: »

Can't stand listening to him in City vs Dundalk games (as a City fan). If Dundalk do something well he praises them. If City do something well, it was due to Dundalk doing something wrong. It's not so bad in City vs anyone else, but these matches bring out the worst in him.

It's bad enough watching the muck we are serving up tonight without listening to that as well.

He’s been very complimentary of Cork tonight

OldMrBrennan83

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ShamoBuc

Champions Cork City give Dundalk their first loss of the season to go 3 points clear at the top.


Nice.

Very nice.

ShamoBuc

Waterford really are ridiculous, another red tonight.

doncarlos

What a horrible game of football. Both teams well below their best and game could have really gone either way. Don't think either team deserved to win and was always going to take a flukey goal in a tight game like that. If a neutral was watching that game they'd assume it was two teams in the relegation zone than the supposed two best teams in the country

ShamoBuc

doncarlos wrote: »

What a horrible game of football. Both teams well below their best and game could have really gone either way. Don't think either team deserved to win and was always going to take a flukey goal in a tight game like that. If a neutral was watching that game they'd assume it was two teams in the relegation zone than the supposed two best teams in the country

Flukey goal ????

:pac:

Smell the glove

Can anyone from Sligo tell me do they play that boring brand of football most weeks or was it just tonight? Fair dues though they got their point and they defended great.

Mr.Nice Guy

Nice comeback from Bohs being 2-0 down and getting a stoppage time equaliser.

hufpc8w3adnk65

doncarlos wrote: »

What a horrible game of football. Both teams well below their best and game could have really gone either way. Don't think either team deserved to win and was always going to take a flukey goal in a tight game like that. If a neutral was watching that game they'd assume it was two teams in the relegation zone than the supposed two best teams in the country

Flukey???? Ha ha ha ha ha !!! How those lemons pal?

Edit beaten to it

artanevilla

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Nice comeback from Bohs being 2-0 down and getting a stoppage time equaliser.

Well deserved, better team, although it was easy for Pats to sit back after they got the early goal and let Bohs play.

Bohs just lack that killer touch.

OldMrBrennan83

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Mars Bar

doncarlos wrote: »

What a horrible game of football. Both teams well below their best and game could have really gone either way. Don't think either team deserved to win and was always going to take a flukey goal in a tight game like that. If a neutral was watching that game they'd assume it was two teams in the relegation zone than the supposed two best teams in the country

https://twitter.com/SoccRepublic/status/989952420657577984?s=19

What are you on? That was far from flukey.

Corholio

It was a pretty scrappy game really. We still need a bit more balance to the team. Kane and Horgan were superb, Duffy hardly had a kick all night. Glad we were the ones who took the chance when it came along, very tidy hit by Gearoid. Quite surprised by Dundalk though, 2 young centre backs handled their attacking threat mostly with ease and their shooting was as blunt as I ever remember in recent games.

I think Cummins up front is still a struggle to work with any fluency with the rest of the team.

OldMrBrennan83

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doncarlos

Mars Bar wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SoccRepublic/status/989952420657577984?s=19

What are you on? That was far from flukey.

He made a great contact but jesus it was straight down the middle. Defenders or keeper should have stopped it.

doncarlos

MrMac84 wrote: »

Flukey???? Ha ha ha ha ha !!! How those lemons pal?

Edit beaten to it

What lemons. No argument from me about the result and I've already said either team could have won it but neither team covered themselves in glory.

hufpc8w3adnk65

doncarlos wrote: »

What lemons. No argument from me about the result and I've already said either team could have won it but neither team covered themselves in glory.

Fair enough! Sorry for the lemons comment but it did seem that way initially to me! If I wronged you then accept it was lost in text!

No fluke tho

Gary Rodgers doesn’t see it! If there’s any fluke there it’s that Gary Buckley miss’s the original chance


https://twitter.com/CorkCityFC/status/989970417900294145

hufpc8w3adnk65

Mars Bar wrote: »

What are you on? That was far from flukey.

What’s your take on Colm Horgan?

osarusan

Few players have missed a penalty by as wide a margin as McCabe did tonight for Bray. Really skied it over.

civis_liberalis

dundalkfc10

MrMac84 wrote: »

Fair enough! Sorry for the lemons comment but it did seem that way initially to me! If I wronged you then accept it was lost in text!

No fluke tho

Gary Rodgers doesn’t see it! If there’s any fluke there it’s that Gary Buckley miss’s the original chance


https://twitter.com/CorkCityFC/status/989970417900294145

I thought our defenders and Rogers we’re poor at the game for the goal, seeing RTE footage aswell made me think the same

Seeing that, Rogers had no chance

hufpc8w3adnk65

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

I thought our defenders and Rogers we’re poor at the game for the goal, seeing RTE footage aswell made me think the same

Seeing that, Rogers had no chance

Zero!! Makes the “fluke” comment all the more outrageous

NIMAN

Fairly poor game at the Brandywell last night.

We were bossed by Rovers, who looked decent. If they had a forward they'd have won easily.

We were due a bad performance after so much free-flowing football and goals of late, and it came last night. Curtis going off left us light up front (although he had been well shackled up to his departure anyway), and we didn't get a shot on target all night.

Having said that, we won some games recently whilst really riding our luck (just ask the Pats fans after the televised game), and we are probably happy this morning with a point. Rovers a far better team than their recent results.

Finn was excellent last night. And Greg Bolger was my MOTM, was everywhere and ran the game.

Edit: forgot to say, thought Rovers were dirty last night. Some may say physical, I'd say dirty. I think it was fairly obvious they started the game with this mentality, and they did seem to target Ronan Curtis, who would have been our danger man. He was left needing stitches and had to leave the game due to concussion. Will be interesting to see the footage on Soccer Republic.

kksaints

Poor refereeing and another howler from Barry Murphy cost us the win last night. Certainly looked like a foul on Brennan from my vantage point.

MD1990

Mars Bar wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SoccRepublic/status/989952420657577984?s=19

What are you on? That was far from flukey.

Great strike.

Cork are so good when the ball is in the air.

Paz-CCFC

MD1990 wrote: »

Great strike.

Cork are so good when the ball is in the air.

We're so good at scoring goals and keeping clean sheets, too. You know, the things that win you football games?

MD1990

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

We're so good at scoring goals and keeping clean sheets, too. You know, the things that win you football games?

Yeah the defensive shape & workrate is very very good.
Physically very strong as well. Very tough to play against but a poor side to watch but Cork are better defensively than everyone else including Dundalk & are probably above Dundalk in terms of fitness now as well.

Turners Cross is a poor pitch helps Cork as well & they are better using high balls than anyone else.

ShamoBuc

MD1990 wrote: »

Great strike.

Cork are so good when the ball is in the air.

You seem to have a thing about City and the ball being in the air.

The thing that matters is the ball being in the back of the net at one end and not the other.

City are good at that. Very good in fact. No goals conceded at home. 3 points clear at the top.

Some people might grasp at the ball being in the air, but such is life.

MD1990

ShamoBuc wrote: »

You seem to have a thing about City and the ball being in the air.

The thing that matters is the ball being in the back of the net at one end and not the other.

City are good at that. Very good in fact. No goals conceded at home. 3 points clear at the top.

Some people might grasp at the ball being in the air, but such is life.

Don't have a thing about it at all.

I have praised Cork & said what I think there strengths are.

Cork fans on here seem annoyed about it. Cork play to their strengths & it is not easy on the eye but effective.

In the games I have seen Cork anytime they crossed high balls or played longs balls they have looked most dangerous.

ShamoBuc

MD1990 wrote: »

Yeah the defensive shape & workrate is very very good.
Physically very strong as well. Very tough to play against but a poor side to watch but Cork are better defensively than everyone else including Dundalk & are probably above Dundalk in terms of fitness now as well.

Turners Cross is a poor pitch helps Cork as well & they are better using high balls than anyone else.

City are very good defensively, hard to become champions if you are not. Having such a new and young back four though just shows how important and fantastic it us for us that they are playing so well defensively.

The pitch is grand. Not as good as it has been. Not as good as it could be. But it's fine. There are plenty worse pitches out there, grass ones I mean.

City are not playing particularly well thus season, that is true. The free flowing football of last year will come again I'm sure. Hopefully we will be near the top when it does.
Clear at the top and can play much better, I'll take that.

Corholio

MD1990 wrote: »

Turners Cross is a poor pitch helps Cork as well & they are better using high balls than anyone else.

Last night the pitch was a bit choppy but 90% of the time it's one of the best surfaces in the league. It's a pity that good surface will hold us up when it's back to normal :P

ShamoBuc

MD1990 wrote: »

Don't have a thing about it at all.

Really?

MD1990 wrote: »

Cork are so good when the ball is in the air.

MD1990 wrote: »

Cork are so poor to watch. Ball in the air constantly.

....but yet you seem to mention it a lot, funny that.



Anyway, Derry really underperformed last, while Rovers were better than normal, poor in front of goal again away from home though. Saw them in Cork and thought they were toothless then too.
Another red for Waterford in a game they will be annoyed not to win as they were playing 10 before seeing red again.

NIMAN

Its still only April, it'll take another few months before grass pitches are at their best (assuming they are well looked after).

Pitches always rough this time of the year.

shanec1928

Smell the glove wrote: »

Can anyone from Sligo tell me do they play that boring brand of football most weeks or was it just tonight? Fair dues though they got their point and they defended great.

We haven’t played football since Paul cooks team won the league.

Corholio

Can't get too excited over the win though. Could all flip around again on Monday. We need to do better against Rovers away this season, our poorest performances from last year were up there. More confident about the defence though, Kane looks a really good player and even though centre backs are young, pace isn't an issue there this season.

bot43

I think it’s a misconception that CCFC are a long ball side. I think now more than ever we try keep it on the deck. But circumstance dictates behaviour and if the need is to go long that’s what happens.

Anyway great win. I think Dundalk were given too much respect. They are an ok side but the Dublin media adore them and see them as this bastion of hope within the Irish game.

That said both CCFC and Dundalk are miles ahead of the rest. Maybe not Derry who will finish 3rd but certainly of the other 7.

Great to see a full house again last night.

NIMAN

From watching teams coming and going from the Brandywell over many years, I'd have to say the Cork team of the last 5 or 6 years had definitely based their game on the big, strong and physical side of things.

Not to say they haven't had skillful players in that time, but I don't think they have entertained or excited me too often watching them.

But then again, that's only going on a couple of appearance each season, I wouldn't be seeing them like people who go to the Cross every fortnight.

Corholio

NIMAN wrote: »

From watching teams coming and going from the Brandywell over many years, I'd have to say the Cork team of the last 5 or 6 years had definitely based their game on the big, strong and physical side of things.

Not to say they haven't had skillful players in that time, but I don't think they have entertained or excited me too often watching them.

But then again, that's only going on a couple of appearance each season, I wouldn't be seeing them like people who go to the Cross every fortnight.

I think strong and physical is a fair assessment of part of our play the past few seasons. Intensity is another word I'd use. We've played plenty of good football too as well, which goes unnoticed when we may be expected to win games at home anyway etc. I can't think of any launch it up and flick on goal that we have scored this season that we 'supposedly' do a lot. We haven't played that great overall this season and Cummins sometimes as an easy target can hamper the overall flow of our play, rather than on occasion being patient and confident enough with the ball to play back across the pitch like we usually have done.

Mars Bar

MrMac84 wrote: »

What’s your take on Colm Horgan?

For that goal or in general?

I won't even make an arse of myself pretending I know a whole load about L.O.I players coz I don't watch it half enough.

For that goal he was quite unsighted from what I can see of the angle from behind the goal.

Pablo Escobar

Mars Bar wrote: »

For that goal or in general?

I won't even make an arse of myself pretending I know a whole load about L.O.I players coz I don't watch it half enough.

For that goal he was quite unsighted from what I can see of the angle from behind the goal.

I think he assumed you were a Galway fan.

Zebra3

€20 into the stands in Drogheda. For first division football.

Charliebull

Smell the glove wrote: »

Can anyone from Sligo tell me do they play that boring brand of football most weeks or was it just tonight? Fair dues though they got their point and they defended great.

Imagine how we feel watching that, after spending years watching Paul cook teams playing people off the pitch, orchestrated by the grea joey ndo

Omackeral

Zebra3 wrote: »

€20 into the stands in Drogheda. For first division football.

That is outrageous. You’d probably get into a Bundesliga game for that.

dan1895

Omackeral wrote: »

That is outrageous. You’d probably get into a Bundesliga game for that.

At least you can get p*ssed drinking in the stands of a Bundesliga team without fear of being kicked out.

overshoot

And I was disappointed we stayed at 15 seats/12 terrace after going down! 20 is far too much